Quotes about Personal Growth

Even if I was the only keeper left on the planet, I would still be trying to get better.

I've been keeping diaries for 27 years.

I've gone very far, far away, but my character keeps me close to home.

It's the same as Keith Richards. People still ask him the same questions they asked him 30 years ago, even though he's a completely different person. And I'm a completely different person than I was 15 years ago.

I did some really bad plays at a children's theater in Kentucky where I'm from and went from there.

I learned a lot at Kentucky.

To heal from the inside out is the key.

Back when I was maybe 19, guys would go, 'I can kick your butt!' So I had a few showdowns. To my advantage, I learned martial arts, and what you really learn is not to fight.

What are the aspects of yourself that line up with the character? You magnify those, and the ones that don't match up you kind of kick to the curb.

I try to create a challenge for myself in each book. And sometimes, believe me, I just kick myself afterwards, and say, 'Why on earth did you ever attempt this, you idiot!' But I'm always better for the experience.

There's only one reason I would do the kickboxing thing, and that's for myself. I've been doing it as an avid student on-and-off for 10 years, and it's something I really enjoy.

I was kicked out of the house, and I was really difficult as a kid. I'm happy it happened because I was able to grow so much from it, you know? It's always hurtful to feel that you can't be on the same page with people that you love as much as your family. Sometimes they don't know how to deal with all the things that are coming at them.

I was the first in my family to board an airplane. I was the first in my family to get kicked off an airplane.

I wanted to look back and say to those coaches, 'You're wrong, I'll be the one who kicks on and makes it'. Only I could change that opinion.

I'm a better husband and father than I was a killer.

School was never for me, kinda.

When I had a kid and I went through my drama and situation, I respected my father more because it kinda made me understand what he went through with me.

I was a kindergarten dropout.

I remember feeling that. I couldn't do, nor did I want to do, the kinds of roles I'd been doing.

I just did a film in which I had to be a dancer and I was able to do all kinds of extraordinary things. A lot of people turn 50 and talk about what they're not going to do anymore. I embarked on something that I'd wanted to do when I was 5.

I felt like 'Kingdom' was earning my bachelor's degree in acting, and then 'I, Tonya,' 'BlacKkKlansman,' and 'Richard Jewell' feel like I'm working my way toward finishing my master's.

My novel, 'Kingdom of Scars', is a coming-of-age story.

Here's what I knew about doing a play: I knew it would make me a better actor.

I left home at 18, I thought I knew everything. It was fun for a while and then it wasn't fun any more.